Why hasn't the Anti-Christ been revealed yet?  When will the Anti-Christ be revealed according to the Holy Bible scriptures?  

What very IMPORTANT major role does the Holy Spirit have as to when the Anti-Christ will be revealed and when the Anti-Christ will have power.

There are so many questions about the Anti-Christ and as you talk to people and read information, the answers are so varied that it becomes confusing.

Will the Anti-christ come into power before Jesus Christ returns in the Second Coming?  Who is the Anti-Christ and what power will the Anti-Christ have?  

The Holy Bible scriptures explain it very clearly as I will show you below.  You can believe the Bible, as it is the Word of God and has proven to be the only reliable source of information as we get closer and closer to the end of time.

AT THIS MOMENT THE ANTI-CHRIST IS BEING RESTRAINED AND UNTIL THE ANTI-CHRIST IS NO LONGER RESTRAINED HE CANNOT BE REVEALED.

Who is restraining the Anti-Christ?

2 Thessalonians 2:7-8

"And now ye know what withholdeth that he (Anti-christ) might be revealed in his time;  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only He who now letteth will let (restrain), Until he be taken out of the way.  And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming." 

The purpose of this book is to announce to the Church and the world at large, that the person of the Holy Spirit is very much alive and in control.

Some time ago, in a weekly religion column I was writing for the "Edmonton Sun", I wrote:  Pope John Paul II calls himself the "Vicar of Jesus Christ."  This is impossible because Jesus Christ - the head of the Church - appointed the Holy Spirit as His representative here, nearly 2000 years ago.  I'm sorry John Paul, I didn't know the Holy Spirit has taken early retirement."

THE ANTI CHRIST HAS NOT YET BEEN REVEALED FOR THESE 2 REASONS:

St. Paul stated that the Anti christ has not yet been revealed because:

• The anti christ has not yet been revealed because the stage is still being set for the appearance of the anti christ

• The Holy Spirit - Christ's representative - automatically bars the anti christ for assuming power, so long as the church age lasts

And the Church, which is the 'Body of Christ' is too powerful for Satan or the Anti christ to defeat, because we are blood washed and baptized in God's Almighty Holy Spirit and have been given power over Satan.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CURRENTLY RESTRAINING THE ANTI-CHRIST

The word 'let' in the King James Version is old English and means 'restrain'.  The Holy Spirit, who now restrains the Anti-christ, will continue to restrain the Anti-christ, until He (the Holy Spirit) is taken out of the way.

When He resurrects the 'dead in Christ', even as He raised Jesus from the dead (Romans 8:11), we shall be 'taken up' and depart this earth together with Him.

THE HOLY SPIRIT - being omnipresent - cannot leave this world, since He is God and everywhere present.  But the Holy Spirit will not function as He now does, since the Church will then be in Heaven.  After the parousia (Christ's return), the Holy Spirit will do as He did prior to the Day of Pentecost, and COME UPON people whom He desires to work through.

SALT IS A PRESERVATIVE

Jesus Christ stated, "Ye are the salt of the earth...' (Matthew 5:14)  What did the Lord mean?  The Church is preserving the earth from corruption, because of our godly lives.  We are holding back evil, thus keeping the world from going totally insane.  We are also holding back God's holy judgment from falling upon a wicked and corrupt world.

In a like manner, God pledged to 'hold back judgment' upon Sodom and Gomorrah, if there were a mere 10 righteous people there.  Another classic example is God 'postponing His judgment' upon Ninevah for 490 yeas, because they repented at the preaching of Prophet Jonah.

WHAT DOES THE WORD RELIGION MEAN?

Religion is taken from the words 're' and 'ligio', 'again hold back' something.  True religion holds back evil, wickedness, sin, error, perversion, immorality, abortion and violence.  True religion keeps the devil 'at bay'.  Religion can also mean to 'bind to' something.  

As Christians, we are bound to the cross of Jesus Christ.  We are love slaves (greek doulos) of Jesus Christ, bound to Him eternally by the cords of love and devotion.

We desperately need to make a re-commitment to serve the Lord Jesus Christ with our whole being.

Rather than assail the Church and 'men of God' who proclaim the truth, 'homosexual and abortion groups' should be thanking God for the prayers and godly lives of born again Christians.

Gamblers, drug addicts, drunks, adulterers and pornographers, should be thanking God and Evangelical Churches for their faithfulness, instead of 'dumping on us' their diatribes of hatred and derision.'

Modernist, compromising preachers and corrupt politicians should repent and humble themselves, and give glory to God for His saving and protecting grace, despite their sinful living.  And the pagan should receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

THE CHURCH & THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE HOLDING BACK 'THE MAN OF SIN'   - THE ANTI-CHRIST

Salt is a preservative, and we, the Church - all those who are born again by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit - are holding back 'The Man of Sin', the Anti-christ.